Commentary for Ketubot 49:11

ואמינא להו אנא אדרבה אפילו למ"ד תרומה בזמן הזה דאורייתא חלה דרבנן דתניא (במדבר טו, יח) בבואכם אל הארץ אי בבואכם יכול משנכנסו לה שנים ושלשה מרגלים ת"ל בבואכם בביאת כולכם אמרתי ולא בביאת מקצתכם וכי אסקינהו עזרא

Even according to him who says that terumah in these days is rabbinical, hallah is biblical, for during the seven [years] that they conquered [the Land] and during the seven [years] that they distributed [it] they were obligated in hallah and not obligated in terumah. On the contrary, even according to him who says [that] terumah in these days is biblical, hallah is rabbinical, for it has been taught: [It is written:] “In your coming into the land:” If “in your coming” you might think as soon as two or three spies had entered it? [Therefore] it is said “in your coming” (Numbers 15:18). I have spoken of the coming of all of you and not of the coming of a portion of you. Now when Ezra brought them up

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